DjangoREST APIView - different url params for different methods - django

Question

I got a DjangoREST APIView that supports Read and Create operations. Something like this:
class FirebaseUser(APIView):
...
get(request):
...
post(request):
...
urls.py:
...
path('user/', views.FirebaseUser.as_view()),
...
I need an API that would accept a read request with user id as url param
GET .../api/user/<userId>
But for create operation there's no user ID yet and I need something like this
POST .../api/user/
What is the best way to make my APIView treat url params differently depending on method?

Answer 1

You can define a ModelViewSet like this in your views.py:
from rest_framework import viewsets
class FirebaseUserViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
queryset = FirebaseUser.objects.all() # or whatever should your queryset be
serializer_class = FirebaseUserSerializer
Then, in your urls.py you register the viewset:
from django.urls import path
from rest_framework import routers
router = routers.DefaultRouter()
router.register(r'user', FirebaseUserViewSet)
urlpatterns = [
path('', include(router.urls)),
]
This will create a few new API endpoints and you'll be able to do all the CRUD operations.
I suggest reading a bit more about ModelViewSets in the official docs.
Also, if you require only certain operations, for example only read and create you may consider extending only certain mixins from rest_framework.mixins (read more here).

Answer 2

So, I came up with using ViewSet instead of APIView.
This is how it looks now:
urls.py
path('user/', views.FirebaseUser.as_view({'post': 'create'})),
path('user/<str:pk>', views.FirebaseUser.as_view({'patch': 'update', 'delete': 'destroy'})),
views.py
class FirebaseUser(ViewSet):
authentication_classes = [...]
permission_classes = [...]
#staticmethod
def create(request):
...
#staticmethod
def update(request: Request, pk=None):
uid = pk
...
#staticmethod
def destroy(request: Request, pk=None):
uid = pk
...